autismdragon [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 months agoAccording to a promise I made, Kissinger's death means I have to read theory, what are the first five works I should start with?message-squaremessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1134arrow-down11
arrow-up1133arrow-down1message-squareAccording to a promise I made, Kissinger's death means I have to read theory, what are the first five works I should start with?autismdragon [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square53fedilink
minus-squarebdonvr@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·7 months agoHonestly Das Kapital isn’t NEARLY as hard to read as you’d assume a 19th century economics book by some German guy is. He repeats concepts a lot… too much sometimes lol. Like fuck me Karl yeah I understood the Labor Theory of Value ten chapters ago. Definitely should be somewhere earlyish on your list - so much else references it.
Honestly Das Kapital isn’t NEARLY as hard to read as you’d assume a 19th century economics book by some German guy is.
He repeats concepts a lot… too much sometimes lol. Like fuck me Karl yeah I understood the Labor Theory of Value ten chapters ago.
Definitely should be somewhere earlyish on your list - so much else references it.